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Argued May 17, 2011

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, OBERLY, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.

Appellants Adrian Ball and Christopher Jackson seek reversal of their convictions stemming from their involvement in a high-speed chase and subsequent foot pursuit by police. Jackson raises only one issue on appeal, challenging the government’s joinder of his charges with those of his co-appellant, Ball. Ball, in turn, raises three issues, challenging (1) the sufficiency of the evidence of his conviction for felony assault of a police officer; (2) his separate sentencing for possession of a firearm during a crime of violence; and (3) the trial court’s failure to respond to allegedly improper comments made by the prosecutor in closing. We affirm all of Jackson’s convictions and most of Ball’s convictions, but we remand Ball’s case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

 
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